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05-11-2021

What Do We Know About Possible Earth-Like Planets?

There are billions of planets out there in our galaxy, the milky way, and beyond....

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04-25-2021

Things You Forgot in High School: Photosynthesis in Plants

Life on earth depends on photosynthesis. Most of the world’s...

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yeast

04-20-2021

A Beginner’s Guide to the Wild World of Wild Yeast

Yeast may not be much to look at, but these...

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water distillation plant

07-03-2020

What Is Distilled Water

Walking down the water aisle in the grocery store, there...

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ocean water

06-26-2020

What Is Osmosis?

The term “osmosis” may bring back nightmares from high school...

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06-11-2020

How Does Desalination Work?

Earth is a watery planet. Roughly 71% of the surface...

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what is a chromosome

05-30-2019

What Is a Chromosome?

To solve problems that explain and predict traits and...

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Visualiztion of a lactase protein

05-28-2019

What Is Proteomics?

What is the proteome? What is proteomics? Why do we...

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compound stick together

05-23-2019

How Do Compounds Stick Together?

Ready to learn how compounds stick together? First, atoms...

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blue poison dart frog

05-07-2019

What Makes Poison Dart Frogs Poisonous?

Sometimes, the cutest animals are the deadliest. Take the poison...

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venus fly trap digestive plant enzyme

05-04-2019

What Are Digestive Plant Enzymes?

What are digestive plant enzymes? To answer this, we have...

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11-24-2018

What is Kevlar?

Kevlar a trademark of para-aramid synthetic fiber, is related to...

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11-24-2018

What is Fermium?

Fermium is a synthetic, radioactive metallic element. It has the...

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